Kantishna River
| Kantishna River | ||
 Confluence of the Kantishna and Tanana |
||
| Data | ||
| Water code | US : 1404437 | |
| location | Alaska (USA) | |
| River system | Yukon River | |
| Drain over | Tanana River → Yukon River → Bering Sea | |
| Confluence of |
Birch Creek and McKinley Rivers , north of the Alaska Range, 63 ° 51 ′ 58 ″ N , 151 ° 33 ′ 22 ″ W |
|
| Source height | 197 m | |
| muzzle |
Tanana River at Nenana Coordinates: 64 ° 45 ′ 44 " N , 149 ° 57 ′ 56" W 64 ° 45 ′ 44 " N , 149 ° 57 ′ 56" W. |
|
| Mouth height | 85 m | |
| Height difference | 112 m | |
| Bottom slope | 0.64 ‰ | |
| length | 174 km | |
| Right tributaries | Toklat River | |
The Kantishna River is a 174 km long left tributary of the Tanana River in the Interior Alaska region .
It arises north of the Alaska range in Denali National Park from the confluence of Birch Creek and McKinley River , flows northeast and flows into the Tanana River 52 km northwest of Nenana in the Tanana Valley State Forest . The Kantishna River is part of the river system of the Yukon River . The main tributary of the Kantishna River is the Toklat River from the right.
For a long time there was uncertainty about the correct name for the river by the native people of Alaska . Lieutenant JS Herron registered the name "Toclat" in 1899, but was aware that the name was identical to another river named by Lieutenant Henry Tureman Allen in 1885. In 1902, AH Brooks of the United States Geological Survey documented the name "Toklat". Lieutenant Gibbs in 1902 and USGS DL Reaburn in 1903 mapped the mouth of the river that HT Allen named after Lieutenant Thomas Buchanan Dugan in 1885. Gibbs registered the name "Cantishna" and Reaburn "Kantishna". The latter spelling later became the official name. "Toklat River" is now the name of a tributary of the Kantishna River.
